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PAP gains 60.1% of popular vote
PAP gains 60.1% of popular vote
Ruling party PAP secured 81 of the total 87 parliamentary seats, said OCBC.
CIT in talks to acquire 5 & 7 Gul Street 1 property
The company has entered into a put and call option agreement with Precise Industries Pte Ltd in connection with the proposed acquisition.
Singapore luxury home prices to remain stable in 2011
Luxury residential prices in the Asia Pacific region are generally likely to remain stable or see slower growth in 2011 due to ongoing policy and interest rate risks.
Office rents to favour Singapore landlords
Rental growth of up to 30% is expected across Asia Pacific this year, with the strongest growth likely to be seen in supply constrained markets.
Keppel Corp: staying cool in the face of a force majeure
Clients and analysts are not worried despite the company's announcement that the delivery of its first rig for Discovery Offshore will be delayed for eight weeks.
Singapore still the top Asian city to do business and leisure
New York topped the Cities of Opportunities ranking while Singapore ranked 9th worldwide.
SATORP project skews Rotary Engineering's 1Q11 results
The 27% YoY fall in the company's revenue to S$130.5mln was due to the project's progress from the engineering and procurement to the construction phase.
Hyflux bent on capturing China market by 2014
The utility company aims to derive 40% of its total revenue from Asia's largest economy as the Chinese government gears to double its spending on water conservancy projects.
36% of companies to hire more employees in 2Q11
For most employers, this entails a 5-10% increase to current staff numbers.
Insurers attained 45% growth in 1Q 2011
The $460 million weighted new business premiums was spurred by robust sales across all products.
Parkway REIT unshaken by Japan tragedy
Revenue contributions from 12 Japanese nursing homes boosted the company's NPI 14.6% YoY to S$19.7mln.
More than half of Singaporeans wary of cooling measures' success
58.4% of survey respondents are undecided whether the measures will succeed in cooling Singapore's red-hot property market.
Number of employed jobseekers drop to 2,800 in 1Q11
The figure is down from the 4,800 job seekers place in the same period last year.
Trend shows PAP win tied to STI gains
Data from past polls show the index typically outperforms if the percentage of votes won by PAP is high, said DMG Research.
Policy risks hang over Roxy Pacific's latest launches
Sales might be strong for the Toh Tuck Road project, but OCBC Research says policy overhang might slow down the company's momentum.
Manufacturing PMI surged 2.4 points in April 2011
The PMI grew more than expected to 52.5, after slipping for the last two consecutive months, said OCBC.
SGX average daily trading volume rose 12% in April 2011
Futures & options average daily trading volume rose from 224,575 to 252,401.
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